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6. The horseshoe crab closely resembles what?
- Lobsters
- Trilobites
- Lobe-finned fish
7. The result of an complete fossil record - intermediates were very common
8. 'Change in gene frequencies' is the definition for what?
- Gradualism
- Microevolution
- Speciation
- Macroevolution
9. Latimeria is the worlds most famous example of what?
- A living fossil
- Natural selection
- Gradualism
10. Punctuated evolution may occur because...
- Sub-population gives rise to new species
- New species arise by splitting off from lineages
- New species originates in a very small part of ancestral range so fossils are rare
- All of the above
- Small isolated populations evolve rapidly
11. Lampetra is an example of what?
- Natural selection
- A living fossil
- An evolutionary change
12. What are living fossils?
- Species that remain virtually unchanged for millions of years
- Fossils which fully preserve the organism, including organs and hairs
- Animals that are partially related to fossilised organisms
13. On average, horse teeth evolve at --- Darwins per million years
- 0.05 - 0.10
- 0.05 - 1.0
- 0.02 - 0.10
- 0.2 - 1.0
14. Most fossil records don’t reflect gradualism
15. 'Patterns in change of species composition over geological time periods' is a definition for what?
- Gradualism
- Macroevolution
- Speciation
- Microevolution
16. Measuring changes in the SIZE and SHAPE of fossils is a way of monitoring what?
- Natural selection
- Genetic drift
- Rates of evolution
- Gradualism
17. The living species of lungfish have remained largely unchanged for how many years?
- 50 million
- 30 million
- 250 Million
- 300 million
18. Measuring NON CONTINUOUS CHARACTERS is often the only way to measure features on fossils as they evolve
19. Long periods of no evolutionary change are PUNCTUATED by rapid evolution when SPECIATION occurs is the theory of what?
- Natural selection
- Punctuated equilibrium
- Gradualism
20. 'Evolution of reproductive isolation' is a definition for what?
- Speciation
- Microevolution
- Macroevolution
- Gradualism